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More than 150,000 homes and businesses could face frequent high-tide flooding within 15 years. That could double by 2045, a new report says. 
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As shorelines creep inland and storms worsen, nuclear reactors around the world face new challenges.
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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by San Francisco and Oakland on Monday that looked to hold the energy industry liable for costs related to climate change.
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The steep cliffs that buttress Malibu and other coastal towns in Southern California could recede more than 130 feet by the year 2100, according to a new sea level rise study by the U.S. Geological Survey.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Dr. Patsch is all over this one!
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A massive wetlands-restoration effort aims to protect wildlife, people, and real estate from the worst effects of climate change.
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Louisiana's only hope for convincing Congress to provide an adequate funding source is to prove the expense is in the best economic interests of the nation.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
A GREAT Op-Ed about coastal restoration in the face of rising seas.
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The UN is warning that we are now on course for 3C of global warming. This will ultimately redraw the map of the world
PIRatE Lab's insight:
One of the biggest resulting threats to cities around the world is sea-level rise, caused by the expansion of water at higher temperatures and melting ice sheets on the north and south poles. Scientists at the non-profit organisation Climate Central estimate that 275 million people worldwide live in areas that will eventually be flooded at 3C of global warming.
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This morning’s magnitude 6.5 earthquake in the waters offshore of Eureka in northern California (technically 160 km west of Ferndale, California) and raft of emails we are getting in the wake…
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As Crystal Serenity cruise ship becomes one of the biggest ships to go through the route, here's a look back at its long, icy history
PIRatE Lab's insight:
It is hard to underestimate how significant this is. The illusive dream is finally a reality...but just not for the good kind of reasons.
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The number of people who could be displaced in US coastal regions due to rising sea levels this century as a result of climate change is much higher than previously thought.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Also see this nice LA Times article on the same study: http://www.latimes.com/world/global-development/la-na-global-sea-levels-story.html
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Here's one trend California is behind on: rising sea levels.
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As sea levels rise, real estate investments in these seaside metropolises could amount to throwing money into the sea
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Our American contenders are all what you would expect: New Orleans, Miami, and New York City.
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Hoboken is a compact blue-collar city of 50,000 people, packed into just under 1.75 square miles directly across the Hudson River from Manhattan. But it faces a major threat shared by a growing number of coastal communities: sea-level rise.
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Several studies have found evidence that rising seas are undermining coastal property value.
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The Coastal Commission voted Thursday to order a Laguna Beach couple to pay $1 million and tear down a seawall that is protecting a multi-million home. The seawall is illegal, officials say, and causes the public beach in front of the home to disappear. The homeowners say the law is on their side.
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Scientists are unraveling the reasons why some parts of the world are experiencing sea level increases far beyond the global average. A prime example is the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, which has been experiencing “sunny day flooding” that had not been expected for decades.
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Homes in areas most exposed to flood and hurricane risk were worth less last year, on average, than a decade earlier.
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There was a school on one edge of the Sagar island in the Sunderbans in 2014; it is not there anymore. Today, sea water regularly comes in a hundred metres beyond the spot where the building stood.
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The world's oceans are rising. Over the past century, they're up an average of about eight inches. But the seas are rising more in some places
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University of Illinois Engineering professor Sean Vitousek told La Jolla Light the computer model he developed for the study shows La Jolla’s sandy beaches will likely disappear in the coming years. Via kiki patsch
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Judge rules that Coastal Commission cannot prevent repairs to sea wall at mobile home park
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Forecasts show that Silicon Valley is at risk even under optimistic scenarios where rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions avoid the most severe increases
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Glad this is getting attention, given how little attention this has garnered in recent years. See Gary Grigg's presentation to our department two weeks ago.
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The world’s largest naval base is a major flood risk in a warming world.
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With ‘resilience’ as the watchword, USC Sea Grant is helping cities plan for rising sea levels and climate change.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
More efforts pushing cities and counties to deal with the now inevitable impacts of a changing climate.
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Most coastal cities in the U.S. lack plans to meet the challenge of sea level rise
PIRatE Lab's insight:
More information about our local jurisdictions in California sharing sea level rise plans/approaches can be found here:
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/california-gets-serious-about-rising-seas-18010
A web-based explorer for our potential risen sea levels can be found here:
http://cal-adapt.org/sealevel/
Some of the story for us here in Ventura County (thanks to The Nature Conservancy) can be found here:
http://coastalresilience.org/project-areas/ventura-county-challenges/
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